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I was thinking about how a playlist is really so inadequate as opposed to a mixtape because it takes seventeen days to really make a mixtape with a homemade cover that you like and that you'd give away.

'Mixtape' sounds retro! I used to make lots of mixed tapes. It was one of those '90s things - every girl gave them to her best friend. I remember exchanging a few with a boy on a bus when I was 14. I thought he hated me, but in hindsight, maybe he was in love with me, because he gave me the best music.

I don't want to be stuck in the same spot, just dropping mixtapes for no reason.

Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.

It's like whether you're in a huge movie or you've just recorded an incredible album you've got to do the next thing, and that's part of being an artist.

That's why I make mixtapes. That's why I work with Don Cannon; that's why i work with Big Sean. Even though I don't rap, I got love and acceptance in that community, and that's something that I really take seriously and hold close to my heart.

I'm not the best singer in the world, but the albums have always been personal. They're stories about me and what I'm going through.

When I want to check out how my life's been, I go through my albums. They steps in my life.

To record an album and stick to one specific style isn't really my thing.